Bible Prophecy Daily

Ron Wallace reviews the nature of the tribulation through a study of Matthew 24:9-14. And he explains what it means when Jesus said that the tribulation will be cut short.

Michael Ufferman, a Zion’s Hope teaching staff member, begins a series of messages entitled: “Christ: Yesterday, Today, and Forever”. In this session, he briefly addresses how God is identified in the Testaments of Scripture. He explains the differentiations in the various basic names of God, their spellings, and capitalizations.

In this discussion, Michael also explains the concept of the “tri-unity of God”. This will lay the foundation for addressing Scripture references and understanding who is speaking to people like Abram/Abraham, Hagar, and others, in the series, which continues in Part 2.

Charles Cooper continues his look at the nations that are necessary to end human history as we know it. Cooper sees Persia (Iran), Cush (Ethiopia), and Put (Libya) as depicted in Ezekial 38-39 dealing with the end of the Millennial Kingdom of Jesus Christ and not the end of Daniel's final Week.

Bob Hunt has been examining Daniel 9:24-27 verse by verse. This detailed study focuses on two main viewpoints. The first is whether these verses have already occurred in our past or does any of it have a future fulfillment. The second point is whether these verses are to be taken literally or symbolically with a theological meaning.

The literalist understands the years and events described by Daniel in a natural sense with common understanding. Specifically, "a year is a year". Therefore Daniel’s 70 weeks are 490 literal years. The symbolist finds it necessary to view these verses in a symbolic manner, and understands a theological meaning behind Daniel’s words. Thus segments of time are presenting theological events and are not to be seen as literal years.

Bob has challenged the listener to gather the evidence of both viewpoints and then make a determination as to which one is most reasonable.

In this exposition of Daniel 9:27 Bob will present again both the symbolists understanding and the literalists viewpoint.

The symbolist understands this verse to be a description of the events occurring in verse 26. Jesus Christ is the maker of the new covenant. The destroyer of the city and temple in 70AD is the Roman general Titus who brings an end to sacrifice and offering. The 70th week of Daniel includes the temple destruction in the middle. The last part of the 70th week is a time when believers are continually added and will continue until the return of Jesus Christ. There is no 7 year period of time coming in the future.

The literalist argues that the chronological aspect of Daniel's teaching continues. The one week is a literal 7-year segment of time yet to come. This week will bring about the end of the age. In the middle of this week, 3-½ years, sacrifice and offering will end. This necessitates the building of a new temple, but likely much less ornate than in the past. Finally the one who rises in the middle of this week and destroys, will himself be destroyed. This “one” is the biblical Antichrist. Since a period of time like this and a person this evil has yet to appear in history, a futurist perspective must be held.

The interpretation of this verse broadens the gap between the literalist and the symbolist. The impact of choosing one or the other will affect so many other eschatological passages. So choose carefully by deciding which one is most reasonable.

Dr. Alan Kurschner answers this question of whether the seals in the book of Revelation express God's future eschatological wrath.

First Four Horsemen Seals

He began with the first four seals showing that these are natural events in contrast to the supernatural judgment elements in the trumpets and bowls. The first four seals will purify the church before Christ returns. He also responded to the pretrib ignorant claim that "God would never bring tribulation to the church"; for example,  noted is 1 Peter 4:17: "For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?"

Fifth Seal

The fifth seal is deeply problematic for pretribulationism. It was demonstrated that the fifth seal thoroughly refutes the pretrib notion that the seals are the day of the Lord's wrath. The fifth seal depicts martyrs, showing that they rightly recognize the day of the Lord's wrath has not come. In 1 Thessalonians 5:9, we have a promise from God that no believers will experience the day of the Lord's wrath. Pretribs would have God breaking his promise by claiming that the fifth seal is God's wrath.

Sixth Seal

Dr. Kurschner explained that the sixth seal is also problematic for pretribulationists because the depiction of the wicked conveys that the wrath of God is impending, not that it has already started in the past. In addition, Joel 2:30–31 explicitly states that the celestial disturbances happen before the day of the Lord. He also noted Luke 21:25–28 and Matthew 24:29–30 which corroborates that the day of the Lord happens after the great tribulation.

Seventh Seal

Finally, it was explained that the two groups of people being delivered between the opening of the sixth and seventh seal demonstrates that the day of the Lord's wrath has not happened because they are being protected before God pours out his wrath with the opening of the seventh seal containing the trumpet and bowl judgments.  There is a progression in the final seals: the fifth seal promises wrath, the sixth seal portends wrath, an interlude in Revelation 7 protects from wrath, and the seventh seal pronounces wrath.

It is wrong to claim that because Jesus opens the seals himself, the seals, therefore, contain God’s wrath. Instead, it means that he is sovereignly orchestrating eschatological history—for the ungodly and the godly. The seals function as conditions that must be first met before the scroll is opened.

The overarching question in the book of Revelation is: will you be an overcomer?

Marquis Laughlin examines Judas’ betrayal of Jesus and what it reveals about His return. Jesus said that He had to be betrayed to fulfill scripture, but which ones? And what can we learn from the verses Jesus quoted about the ultimate persecution of believers by the Antichrist?

Jake McCandless continues his series, Prophetic Lessons from Covid. In this series Jake reflects on the covid19 pandemic and the faith fallout with it, seeing it as a “test run” or “shot across the bow”. For those tracking in Bible prophecy before the pandemic they had the unique experience of being warned, being called to try to warn, and then seeing it come to pass in some way. Very few prophetic voices have been able to see such a hint of what they were warned about come to pass. It’s time we reflect on the possible prophetic lessons from that time.

What lessons can be learned prophetically from covid?

This episode is for those who have been tracking prophecy and those new to it. Jake shares needed insight for anyone who would like to help others when the last days events come. This insight isn’t for the faint at heart but is needed.

Charles Cooper highlights the significant role Egypt has played, and will play, in Bible history. God has a special place in his heart for the Egyptian people, which Isaiah calls "my people."

There has been fear among some that the low birthrate in Egypt might see a significant decline in the Egyptian people, but rest assured, God's prophetic depicted role of the Egyptians will not fail. Egypt will be there at the end.

Dr. Michael Weis explores an important and interesting subject that is connected to other areas within one's own prophetic views: defining who or what The Restrainer is, mentioned by the Apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2.

Who or what is this? Many views are proposed and Dr. Weis briefly looks into each one, to see if it is valid or not, as he continues to biblically define important End Times Terms!

Chris White discusses the theory that the Solomon's temple (and the Herodian temple) was 600 feet away from where it is currently believed to have been.